Drinking Source Water Protection DHSDWP

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Drinking (Source) Water ProtectionDHS/DWP

• Implementation
• Strategies

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Prioritization

• Tier 1 Community water systems
• Water systems/communities with expressed interest
  in developing drinking water protection
  strategies
• Coordinate with DEQ activities

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Oregon drinking water source areas for surface
water intakes
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Oregon Drinking Water Protection Areas from
Groundwater Sources
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Reasons to Protect the Source

• Population increase
• Increased water needs
• Limitations to the resource
• Increased threats to watershed health
• Water infrastructure is aging
• Water Quality standards are tightening
• Emerging pollutants of concern
• Limited funds for treatment upgrades
• Security Issues

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Implementation

• Land Use Planning
• County Workshops
• Newsletter
• Direct Technical Assistance
• Funding
• New/Modified Systems
• Emergency Response, Waivers, Groundwater Rule
  Groundwater under the Direct Influence of SW

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Land Use Planning

• Linking drinking water protection and land use
  decisions
• Making informed decisions
• Economic and public health opportunities
• Role of Source Water Assessments in LUP
• Where is the water coming from and what are the
  risks
• How is the linkage established
• Who has authority? Private vs. Public

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Multi-jurisdictional

• Private, municipal and county
• All combinations exist
• Privately owned
• Education BMP resource http//www.deq.state.or.us
  /wq/dwp/dwp.htm
• restricted covenants/easements www.metrokc.gov/hea
  lth/water/indwellrest.pdf
• Regional development of DWPPlans
• Small DWSAs extend into municipality or county
• Recognize common issues

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Ordinances Communities, Municpalities and
Counties

• Cave Junction
• Springfield Zoning Overlay
• Portland Municipal Code
• Wallowa County
• DEQ Examples of Ordinances http//www.deq.state.o
  r.us/wq/dwp/assistance.htmepo
• DLCD Model Model Water Quality Ordinance
  http//www.oregon.gov/LCD/waterqualitygb.shtml
• EPA Model Ordinance http//www.epa.gov/owow/nps/o
  rdinance/mol7.htm

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Overlay Restrictions
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City of Springfield Overlay Zones
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Runoff Impacts Surface Water
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Cave Junction Septic Tanks or Sewer Lines
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Multijurisdictional Agreements
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Florence Planning for Future Supplies
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Value of Planning and Protection

• Protecting the current resource
• Water quality Multiple barrier approach
• Sustainable supply for the future Resource
  Adequacy
• Preserving public trust
• Protecting investment
• Protecting economic value Community
  Sustainability
• Avoiding costly treatment, MO
• New regulations, emerging contaminants of concern

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County Workshops

• Purpose Exchange of ideas and planning processes
• Lane County November 2006
• Participants County, city and state staff,
  planners, small and large water systems
• Topics Planning Process, Measure 37, Source
  Water Assessments, Management Strategies,
  Implementation
• http//www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/dwp/SWP06Nov.shtml
• Next? Marion (11/07), Linn (3/08) Hood River
  (6/08), Washington (9/08)

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DWP Bulletin

• Information on state/EPA programs
• Provide Oregon examples of implementation
• Discussion of BMPs
• Resources to communities/PWSs
• Biannual publication
• See DHS Website
• To local govt officials, planning staff, etc.

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Best Management Practices TA

• Attached to SWA Reports (system-specific)
• Packets w/easy one-time act BMPs
• Initial/Substantial Implementation
• Provide on request
• Examples included in trainings/workshops
• BMP/Fact Sheet Binder for use in field
• Many available on DEQ Website http//www.deq.state
  .or.us/wq/dwp/assistance.htm

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Implementation Decision Aid Matrix

• Purpose for Development
• Need a means of engaging Public Water Systems
• Prioritize threats to individual water systems.
• Identify low-hanging fruit for sense of
  accomplishment
• Rank each site based on PCS relative risk and
  aquifer sensitivity at that location (
  susceptibility)

GET DOWN TOWN
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Potential contaminant source

• a location where there is any activity having the
  potential to release one or more contaminants
  into water at a concentration of concern
• Database queries (14), field locating in
  sensitive areas, PWS consultations
• 96 separate categories of PCSs
• As of 7/05, over 15,300 PCS locations have been
  identified
• focus must be on HIGHER risks

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Important points about the SWA Inventory

• listed potential sources not all inclusive
• contaminants of concern SDWA
• potential sources store/uses/produces levels
  that could contaminate PWS sufficient
  likelihood of release
• not all listed sources were inventoried
• microbes within 2-yr. TOT
• watersheds 100 sq. miles sensitive area focus
• not all listed sources pose actual high risk
• worst-case assumptions for POTENTIAL
• not all inventoried sources need managing
• screen out lower risks focus only on higher
  ones

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Oregons SWA Inventory ResultsSurface Water
SystemsTop 5 Highest Potential Risks in
Sensitive Areas

• Managed Forests
• Sediments, pesticides, fertilizers
• Roads Stream Crossings
• Chemicals, petroleum
• Crops Irrigated
• Fertilizers, pesticides, sediments
• Grazing Animals (5 large /acre)
• Nitrates, bacteria, sediments
• Above Ground Tanks
• Petroleum, chemicals

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Oregons SWA Inventory ResultsGroundwater
Systems Top 5 Highest Potential Risks in 2-yr
TOT (and Zone 1 for springs)

• High Density Housing (1 / .5 acre)
• Sewer lines within 2-year TOT
• Storm water, HHW, fertilizers, pesticides
• Highways Heavy Use
• Petroleum, chemicals, herbicides
• Above Ground Tanks
• Petroleum, chemicals
• Large Capacity Septic Systems
• Microbials, nitrate
• Crops Irrigated
• Fertilizers / nitrates, pesticides

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Implementation Decision Aid PCS risk, Aquifer
sensitivity, TOT (10 yr)
GET DOWN TOWN Well 1
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Implementation Decision Aid Matrix

• Rank based on susceptibility and location
• Related to relative benefit to community, i.e.,
  time-of-travel zone X susceptibility (relative
  risk/aquifer sensitivity)
• Identify specific BMPs
• Evaluated with respect to ease of accomplishing,
  e.g., time, cost, staff, and community interest
• With input from the PWS/Community, transform
  susceptibility matrix into an implementation
  matrix

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Implementation Decision Aid Matrix
Table should be completed with input from the
community
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Implementation Progress (2006)
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68
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Total
875
2,960,000
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EPA Strategic Plan by 2011, 50 CWSs and 62
Pop Substantially Implemented
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Funding for Protection

• DWSRF loans and grants
• Separate criteria from more traditional
  infrastructure loans Based on risk reduction
• Grants 20k/PWS/year cumulative if more than
  one PWS in project
• Project examples pollution prevention TA, BMP
  implementation, signs/fences, secondary
  containment, old well abandonment, ordinance
  development, water conservation, purchase of land
  easement, outreach
• Current Applications 3 SW (60K) and 8 GW (95K)
  

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New and/or Modified Systems

• New (since June, 1999)
• Modified (changed so DWSA changes)
• New wells
• Inactive wells
• Pumping operations
• Tied to sanitary surveys
• SS form modified

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What we need from county staff

• GPS locations of new and emergency wells
• Datum (WGS 84, NAD 27)?
• Accuracy
• Ask if implementing protection strategies or
  interested in TA from regional SWAP contact.
• Give them our contact info
• PWS changes on Source Info Pg
• Water usage
• New/modified well (including irrigation?)

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Source Water Assessment Crossover to Other DWP
Projects

• Assessments data can be applied elsewhere
• Emergency Spill Response Notification (OERS) for
  Surface Water Systems.
• the DWP needs to quickly identify and contact
  those water systems that might be impacted.
• Data tools should be dispersed throughout the
  regional offices and regularly updated.
• Solution Use available GIS data gathered during
  source water assessments to create county-wide
  electronic and paper maps that contain intake
  locations and contact information.

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County Maps
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Emergency Spill Response Notification

• Projected Timeline
• Electronic and paper maps by end of 2007.
• GIS query capability
• Annual update of electronic and paper maps.
• Obtain RiverSpill GIS tool in Portland office
• Incorporates real time stream flow data that will
  allow DWP to predict the arrival time and
  concentration of chemical and/or biological
  constituents at a water supply intake

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Source Water Assessment Crossover to Other DWP
Projects

• Monitoring waivers
• Use Source Water Assessment data to match
  monitoring requirements to relative risk, e.g.,
  lower risks translates to less frequent
  monitoring
• Use GIS coverage and data bases
• Groundwater Rule
• State option to identify systems that have high
  hydrogeologic sensitivity
• GIS queries to identify likely systems

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Contact Informaton

• Oregon Department of Human Services
• Region 1 Dennis Nelson
• 541-726-2587 (21) dennis.o.nelson_at_state.or.us
• Region 2 Tom Pattee
• 541-726-2587 (24) tpatte_at_state.or.us
• Region 3 Amy Parmenter
• 541-726-2587 (23) aparment_at_state.or.us
• Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
• Sheree Stewart
• 503-229-5413 stewart.sheree_at_deq.state.or.us
• Julie Harvey
• 503-229-5664 harvey.julie_at_deq.state.or.us
• Sue Gries
• 503-229-6210 gries.sue_at_deq.state.or.us